The Hello Piggy band? A shield and a sword? What Kaberle lacked in performance for the Bruins he has surely made up for with wackiness on his Cup day. Let’s hope for his sake the folks in Raleigh don’t scream “off with his head” after his first giveaway that sets up an opposing goal this season.

Well, luckily not all countries are like America. He was given the shield and the sword by the mayor because “today’s (hockey) defenders need to be able to attack well, too”. His village has obviously existed for a while as it has its own coat of arms that you can see on the shield. He was celebrating in his local pub that has a ballroom attached to it (the Knights of Columbus reference is ridiculous), with a local bunch of amateur musicians entertaining their local folks. I am sure they are his friends and that they had a lot of fun there. It is a quite different culture from American beer gulping in front of a TV.